The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-18

Horace GreeIey's Boy.
cuu,~uial oszstss-
sunday night. Amos cummings. lhe|
New York Sun's Congressman, told 81
couple Of stories ob0ut the late Horace
Greeley which do not remember lo)
have previously heard. Cu0ninge wee
Grssley's night editor on tho Cd J'si-|
bone when Sidney Howard Gay was|
managing editor. He probably ro0em-
bors more interesting and original talee|
concerning the old gentleman than are|
recollectsd BY I'll the rest Of the early
Tribune force put together. 'Greeieyl
uoed 10 have great trouble In securing
oflce boys who were sAtisfactory 70 him.
II . boy was bright and smart there Va
probably something wrong With him H.
come other direction. aud 90 there vas
freQuent chsngcs in this department of
ohe stan. One day Grcsley came IN
With great big. long-iesged. thick-Iip-
pe<I, big-nosed fellow. who had : voice
like bull. and Who looked - though he
had heen Knocked down aud run over
BY beer truck. This boy he was
about twenty - had been 60 Nicaragua
with Walker. aud had been len. Gree
lev brought him mp 20 ny desk and said !;
sAmos, | cant stand these bOys you have
been employing So ] have engaged
one for myself. 'Bub. this b Mr.. Cum
mings He will tell you what you are
% do Then the old gentleman disap
peared IN bic private once. and gave
the boy bic Instructions. He seemed .
GOOD hearted sort Of = fellow, but he was
3 big chump. who really knew nothing
q I'll. One night, about : week later.
Greeley came In and said to the lad, who
ct on guard BY the door. 'Bub. I have
got lot OF writing 10 do, and ct O'Clock
! have promised !" make : speech 70 .
Fr. Mathew society. Don't let anybody
into my once. don't want 10 see any
id buns tonight The boy said oil
right. and went to reading . newspaper.
Pretty soon nan came in who had been
stumping the State in the Republican In
terosi, and who had always previously
found his way to Greeley's private Office
entirely nnbarred. The boy caught him
just - be Wa opening the door. Said
be-:
a'say, young fsllsr. what do We want 2
~ want to sec Mr.. Greeley
swell, You can't do IT, That's I'll
there il about Il. You cant do it,
~ can't, hey? Well, we'll see about
IAN right. m just sbout 60 yer.
And the long-legged Nicaragus boy
caught the stump speaker BY the neck
swept up the floor with him Tor : few
minutes, rushed him out into the entry
and chucked him down the spiral stair.
case. A few minutes later an old comp0s.
itor who used TO set type with Greeley
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